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One Two Three

Laurie Frankel

3.98 AVERAGE

esilly12's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katie_gets_her_bookworm_back's review against another edition

3.0

emotional slow-paced

lorieno's review against another edition

4.0

Book club pick. Wasn’t as good as her previous book, but slowly enjoyable.

saranoelle's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

the_coollibrarian's review against another edition

3.75

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

katandrooread's review against another edition

2.0

I was soooo excited to get my hands on Frankel’s new book, especially after how much I loved #thisishowitalwaysis. Y’all, she even took the time to come to our book club AND IT WAS AMAZING. Which is why I’m devastated to say... this book did not do it for me. Maybe my hopes were too high, or maybe “This Is How It Always Is” was soooo incredibly personal to the author that made it unable for me to put down, I don’t know.

What I do know is that “One, Two, Three” fell flat for me. While the narrators are exceptionally written (Frankel’s trademark), the plot wasn’t enough to keep me turning the pages. Due to the alternating chapters for each triplet, conversations between the sisters became repetitive and I would have preferred to have the next chapter pick up immediately where the last one left off, or with no summary at all.

I liked the way the town of Bourne was written, and the accessibility for all of the characters. However, I think Frankel was too ambitious in tackling the polluted water/lawsuit plot, which is where the story fell apart for me. If Erin Brokovich is your favorite movie, maybe you will enjoy this book.

Thank you to Laurie Frankel and NetGalley for providing this ARC.

2.5 STARS ⭐️ ⭐️

aktucker2's review against another edition

3.0

I liked the premise of the book and the approach to narration. This book got off to great start. By halfway through it just felt like a drag- in need of better editing and characters motivated by more than spite.